Power Point doesn't start after Office 2004 11.2.5 update on an Intel iMac

[Supervet]

Power Point could not start. The message says that the computer
architecture does not support Microsoft Power Point.
I have an iMac intel based
what's wrong?

 

[Phillip Jones]

If you do have an MacIntel machine.

Office2004 won't necessarily run on it in native mode.

I am quoting this from memory, but I seemed to remember from some
newsgroup to run a given application that wouldn't startup on MacIntel
Machine to:

Quit the application then from finder do get info (command-I) Then there
is supposed to be a new item with a check box that says Run in Rosetta.

Check that box. Then quit get info. Then open again. It may run slow but
should.

<YMMV>

Power Point could not start. The message says that the computer
architecture does not support Microsoft Power Point.
I have an iMac intel based
what's wrong?

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[Andrew Chiang [MSFT]]

Hello Supervet,

What exact version of PowerPoint are you running and can you give the exact
error message you get on launch? Assuming you have the Office suite, do you
get the same behavior with Word and Excel?

If you're running a version prior to PowerPoint X or 2004 (such as 98 or
2001), they will not run as the Classic environment isn't supported on
Intel-based Macs (per
http://developer.apple.com/document...//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002217-CH210-BCICICJH).

Office 2004 will not run natively on Intel-based Macs as it was compiled for
PowerPC but DOES run under Rosetta. The checkbox that Phillip is referring
to
(http://developer.apple.com/document...//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002217-CH210-BAJDHEDD)
shouldn't appear on apps compiled for PowerPC as it must run under Rosetta
anyway. I tried it and the UI isn't there on the PowerPoint app file but
does appear for Calculator.

Andrew